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The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial

The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 30, 1986

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama, History, Action, Crime

User Score

65%

Original Title

Stammheim

Production Companies

Neue Bioskop Film, ARD

Director

Reinhard Hauff

Description

Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against the RAF terrorists Baader, Meinhoff, Ensslin, and Raspe. The trial that started in May 1975 in the Stammheim maximum-security prison extended over 192 days and ended with a lifetime sentence for all defendants.